Absorption spectrum and greybody factors of charged black holes in loop quantum gravity
2026/08/05 by Marco A. A. de Paula, Valdir B. Bezerra, Luiz C. S. Leite
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc
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14 pages, 15 figures. Comments are welcome
arxiv created 2026/08/05 · arxiv updated 2026/08/07
Abstract
In the last few decades, singularity-free black holes (BHs) obtained in the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) have gained attention in the literature. These compact objects replace the classical singularity with a transition hypersurface called the bounce radius and stand out as potential scenarios for exploring the imprints of LQG in BH physics. Although scalar perturbations in the vicinity of LQG-based BHs are currently being studied, the absorption spectrum has not yet been analyzed in detail. In this work, we present an in-depth investigation of the absorption properties of massless test scalar fields by a charged LQG BH, aiming to better understand the role played by the quantum and charge parameters of the BH spacetime. Using a numerical approach, we compute the absorption cross section (ACS) of the massless scalar wave for arbitrary values of the frequency of the incident wave. We find that the behavior of the ACS as we increase the quantum parameter indicates that the peaks and troughs of the total ACS exhibit opposite behaviors, i.e., the curve related to the highest peak corresponds to the deepest troughs. Moreover, we show that the ACS decreases as we consider higher values of the BH charge-to-mass ratio. This is in stark contrast to the behavior of the absorption spectrum as we vary the quantum parameter. We also draw comparisons with the Reissner-Nordstrom (RN) BH, exploring the situations where LQG and RN BHs can have the same absorption properties. Furthermore, we find excellent agreement between our numerical results and the well-known classical and semiclassical approximations for the total ACS in their corresponding limits. For completeness, we also investigate the greybody factors. Our results can be viewed as a first step toward a better understanding of the absorption properties of LQG-inspired BHs.
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